I Have America Surrounded
by John Higgs
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"Dr. Timothy Leary was a brilliant behavioral psychologist who was sacked from Harvard for his experiments with psychedelic drugs, and responded by persuading millions to "tune in, turn on and drop out." He then escaped from jail in California, fled from America with the help of terrorists, was kidnapped by revolutionaries in Africa and became entrapped by an exiled arms dealer in Switzerland. His life was, in the words of his goddaughter Winona Ryder, "flat-out epic grandeur," but there is show more more to Timothy Leary than sex, drugs, and adventure. His cultural influence was so deep and wide ranging that the post-modern 21st century world is profoundly shaped by his life. I Have America Surrounded is the first book to explain not only what Timothy Leary did, but why he did it."--Jkt. show lessTags
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Strange and smart guy who had some valid ideas. What a life.
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- Canonical title
- I Have America Surrounded
- Original title
- I Have America Surrounded: The Life of Timothy Leary
- Original publication date
- 2006
- People/Characters
- Timothy Leary; Bill Ayers; Robert Barker; Brian Barritt; Frank Barron; Pierre Bensoussan (show all 84); Gerhart Braun; Marianne Busch; Barbara Chase; George Chula; Walter Clark; Eldridge Cleaver; Aleister Crowley; Ram Dass; Mary della-Cioppa; Dexter Dierks; Thomas Dodd; Bernadine Dohrn; Liz Elliot-Cooke; Hartmut Enke; Frank Ferguson; Abigail Ferris; Mae Ferris; Franklin; Allen Ginsberg; Manuel Göttsching; John Griggs; Joanna Harcourt-Smith; Marysia Harcourt-Smith; Michel Hauchard; Hermann Hesse; Wesley Hiler; William C. Hill; David Hilliard; Billie Hitchcock; Albert Hofmann; Michael Hollingshead; Michael Horowitz; Jann; Jeff Jones; Rolf-Urich Kaiser; Ken Kelley; Kelly; Herbert Kelman; Ken Kesey; Art Kleps; Jack Leary; Susan Leary; Timothy "Tote" Leary; G. Gordon Liddy; Charles Manson; David Martino; Dennis Martino; Maru; Horace Mastronardi; Dan McGowan; Marshall McLuhan; Bryon McMillan; Metcalf; Ralph Metzner; Mary Pinchot Meyer; Victor Neuburg; Huey P. Newton; Richard Nixon; Humphrey Osmond; Donn Pearce; Neal Purcell; Ronald Reagan; Jerry Rubin; Mark Rudd; Winona Ryder; Gunter Sachs (Gunther Sachs von Opel); John Schewell; Nina von Schlebrugge; Huston Smith; Jeremy Tarcher; Art van Court; Robin Viertel; R. Gordon Wasson; Tommy Webber; Louis Jolyon West; George Hunter White; Robert Anton Wilson; Rosemary Woodruff
- Important places
- Algiers, Algeria; Bern, Bern, Switzerland; San Luis Obispo, California, USA; Folsom State Prison, Folsom, California, USA; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Kabul, Afghanistan (show all 11); Los Angeles, California, USA; Millbrook, New York, USA; Villars-sur-Ollon, Vaud, Switzerland; West Point, New York, USA; Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico
- Epigraph
- 'In religion, the future is behind us.' Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea
- Dedication
- For Joanne, with love
- First words
- The signal that the jailbreak could go ahead was a telegram.
- Quotations
- Megalomania is a common reaction to extensive LSD use, for once you are aware that your reality was created by yourself for your own benefit, it is hard to avoid getting a God complex.
According to [Leary], an 'Irish fact' was similar to a normal fact, but better. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Then there will be a sudden flare and he will disappear in a flash of white light.
- Original language
- English
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- English, Polish
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